diff --git a/include/irrUString.h b/include/irrUString.h
index bd6953b4..9b6c2417 100644
--- a/include/irrUString.h
+++ b/include/irrUString.h
@@ -429,24 +429,19 @@ public:
 
 
 	//! Iterator to iterate through a UTF-16 string.
-	class _ustring16_const_iterator : public std::iterator<
-		std::bidirectional_iterator_tag,	// iterator_category
-		access,								// value_type
-		ptrdiff_t,							// difference_type
-		const access,						// pointer
-		const access						// reference
-	>
+	class _ustring16_const_iterator
 	{
 		public:
 			typedef _ustring16_const_iterator _Iter;
-			typedef std::iterator<std::bidirectional_iterator_tag, access, ptrdiff_t, const access, const access> _Base;
 			typedef const access const_pointer;
 			typedef const access const_reference;
+			typedef ptrdiff_t distance_type;
 
-			typedef typename _Base::value_type value_type;
-			typedef typename _Base::difference_type difference_type;
-			typedef typename _Base::difference_type distance_type;
-			typedef typename _Base::pointer pointer;
+			// stuff for std::iterator_traits
+			typedef std::bidirectional_iterator_tag iterator_category;
+			typedef access value_type;
+			typedef distance_type difference_type;
+			typedef const access pointer;
 			typedef const_reference reference;
 
 			//! Constructors.